Basket



UNITED sTATEs HENRY R. GARITSON, 0F LOGANSPORT, INDIANA.

BASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

Application filed April 9, 1920. Serial No. 372,527.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HENRY R. GARRrrsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing' at Logansport, in the county of Cass and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baskets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

y invention relates to a method of roducing a basket, and to the basket obtained therefrom.

An important object of the invention is to provide means whereby the sides or body portion of the basket may be formed of interwoven standards, ordinarily so short that they are discarded in the factory, such body portion having its material stamped in an economical manner from a relatively long and narrow strip of previously woven material.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simplified method of assembling the several portions of the basket, and securing them in the assembled position.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a basket embodying my invention, and made in accordance with my method,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a section of woven material from which the body portion of the basket is stamped,

Fig. 13 is a transverse section taken on line Fig. 4, is a vertical section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 desig nates a relatively long and narrow strip or section of woven material, embodying diagonally arranged interwoven splints or standards 6 and 7, which are relatively short and cannot ordinarily be employed in a factory, in the production of woven baskets. The splints 6 and 7 are disposed at a right angle to each other, and at an angle of 45 to the longitudinal axis of the strip.

In the production of my basket the body portion 8 is stamped upon the strip 5, along the lines 9, such body portion 8 being laid eutupon the strip, in opposite directions, as indicated in Fig. 2, to effect an economy in material. y

The numeral 1() designates the bottom of the basket, which may be formed of wood or the like, and having a suitable shape.

The body portion S of the basket may now be formed by folding' the cut section of the fabric, about an inner reinforcing strip or rim 11, arranged upon the bottom 10. `The lower edge of the body portion 8 overlaps this rim, and the ends of the body portion 8 overlap, as clearly shown in F ig. 3. An inner upstanding reinforcing strip 12 is disposed at these overlapping ends, `and the numeral 13 designates outer reinforcing strips or splints also arranged at these overlapping ends. The inner strip 12 projects exteriorly of the reinforcing strip 11, and the strips 13 with the overlapping ends of the body portion 8 are arranged between the strips l1` and 14, 14 being an exterior reinforcing strip or rim. A metallic strip 15 extends longitudinally and exteriorly of the outer strip 13, and has its lower end 16 bent horizontally to extend about these strips, and then upwardly between the reinforcing strip 11 and the bottom 10. These several elements are held together by one of the nails 17, extending about the bottom, and being driven, into the same, these nails passing through the strips 11 and 14 and associated elements. The metallic strip 15 and strips 13, overlapping ends of body 8 and inner strip 12 are secured together by nails 18 or the like.

Arranged inwardly of the body portion 8, at its top, is an inner strip or rim 19, and 20 is an outer strip or rim, which are secured together and to the body portion 8 by nails or tacks 21. The strips 13 extend inwardly of the rim 20, while the strip 12 is disposed outwardly of the strip 19. The metallic strip 15 also passes inwardly of the strip 2O and is bent downwardly at 22, and is secured in place by one of the nails 21.

The numeral 23 designates a U-shaped handle, y.Ineferably arranged inwardly of the outer strip 20, and having its ends bent upwardly, at 24 The handle 23 embodies a hand-grip 25.

It is obvious that the basket may be made in any suitable shape or size, and may be employed for any desired purpose, such as a clothes basket, hamper basket or delivery basket.

cstrip, stamping a plurality of i VYportion to the tions above a Itis to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may beY resorted to without Vdeparting from the spirit of my invention, or the scope of the subjoined claims. y e Y l Having thus described my invention, 1 claim: Y l

l. Theherein-describedmethod of producing a basket, which consists in weavingV a` narrow elongated strip of relatively short diagonal, splints, the intersecting splints being disposed'at substantially right angles to each other and at substantiallyr an angle of 475 to the longitudinal axis of the curvedbody portions from the strip in end to end relation,r assembling one of these body por- Y bottomrby extending the body portion around the bottom with its ends overlapping, securing the assembled body bottom, securing the overlapping ends together, and reinforcing the up-V per edge of the assembled body portion.

2. A basket of the character described, comprising a bottom, Yan inner rim extending about the bottom, a body portion extending about the rim and engaging therewith, 'an outer rim extending about the lower end ofthe body portion, an inner reinforcing strip .disposed adjacent and inwardly of the overlapping ends of the body portion andarranged outwardly of and in Y Contact with the inner rim, an outer reinforcing strip arranged adjacent the overlapping endsand disposed inwardly outer rim, a metallic strip extending longitudinally of the outer side ofthe outer strip.1 and having its lower end bent about the inner andv outer strips and bent 'upof the v wardly between the body portion and bottom, attaching elements connecting the bottom and outer rim and associated elements, an inner rim arranged at the upper end of the body portion and having the upper end of the inner reinforcing strip extending upon its outer side, an outer rim arranged exteriorly of the upper end of the body portion and exteriorly of the outer strip, said metallic strip having its upper end passing inwardly of the last named outer rim and bent downwardly over the same, attaching elements connecting the upper'inner and outer rims and associated elements, and attaching elements connecting the inner and outer strips and associated elements.

3. A basket of the character described, comprising a longitudinal strip of relatively short interwoven diagonal splints, the intersecting splints being disposed at substantiallyaright angleto each other and the splints being arranged at substantially an .angle of to the longitudinal axis of the strip, said longitudinal strip being cut upon longitudinally curved lines and transverse incline lines to form a body portion, a bot- Vtom having the body portion extending thereabout with the ends of the same overlapping, means for reinforcing the lower end of the assembled body portion and securing the same to said bottom, means for reinforcing and connecting the overlapping ends of the body portion, and means for reinforcing the upper ends of the body portion.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY R. GARRITSON. [1.. s]

Witnesses:

EDITH MATT, Lmn: McKINsEY. 

